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Harlan Ellison: Dreams with Sharp Teeth
I am having a hard time reviewing the documentary Harlan Ellison: Dreams With Sharp Teeth, Erik Nelson's portrait of one of the most gifted writers of the last eighty years. I find myself pulling away from the material and wanting to instead write about my own interaction with the writer and his work, to act as a de facto commentator and tell you all the things I would have said were I lucky enough to sit down in front of Nelson's camera. The only explanation I have for it is one given by a Carol Cooper, critic for The Village Voice and someone who actually was asked to share her thoughts on Harlan for the movie. In pondering Harlan's long-standing feud with fandom of all kinds, she notes that his problem with fanboys is that they have removed themselves from interaction with anything beyond that which they are fans of, and to understand Harlan's work and its meaning is to be the opposite. It requires engagement, not just with the printed matter, but with life.
Now that I think about it, there are multiple instances in Dreams With Sharp Teeth where someone shares their Harlan Ellison encounter or how he inspired them to be something more, and I thought, "Me, too." Sometimes it's an outside anecdote, like noted comics writer and author Neil Gaiman laughing about being on a panel with Harlan when a member of the audience approached Ellison with the seeming intent of raising the writer's ire and reveling in the verbal blast that followed. While I have never done this, having noted the fatigue it actually caused the man when, as a teen, I used to quietly hang around his appearances in Los Angeles, too shy to speak, I have had my moment where I took a secret thrill in receiving an insult from him. Even better, it was a comeback to my own quip. It was in my early days at Dark Horse Comics, when as an editorial assistant I did whatever I could to insinuate myself into the production of Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor. I was not all that impressed with some of the cover illustrations Harlan had commissioned, and I tossed out a jibe saying just that. My own words are lost to memory, they weren't important to me, but I believe it was something to the effect that when Harlan was praising his own good taste, I shot back with something resembling, "Yeah, like such-and-such a painting proves," my snot-nosed disdain clear by the smirk on which it hung. The room froze, people's eyes gleefully widened and ears opened as they waited for me to get mine in return. Harlan looked at me, his expression dry, and he casually reached a finger up to his lower eyelid and pulled it down ever so gently. "Child," he said, "look into my eye...." His words trailed off, he did not need to speak the finish. "Do you see death?"
I still smile when I think about it. I am smiling now. Notice how much more charged my writing is when I write about Harlan? My skills, such as they are, can be traced back to my discovery of his work when I was 15. I've still got two bookshelves filled with his material, and I don't even have close to a complete collection. I had seen Harlan before I had read him, he was a guest of honor at my first ever Comic Con in San Diego, around 1986 or 1987. I wandered into a room where he was speaking, it was packed to the rafters, and whatever tale Harlan was telling, the audience was in hysterics. All except for one lady in the back of the room who had her arms folded and was shaking her head, insisting to a friend who was jabbing her with an elbow, "It's not funny. It's not funny." Such opposite yet equally energetic reactions! I was fascinated.
Writer Josh Olson, who wrote the screen version of A History of Violence and adapted Harlan's story "The Discarded" for the short-lived Masters of Science Fiction television show, tells of his own first encounter with Harlan's work. He holds up a dog-eared copy of the paperback edition of the short story collection Ellison Wonderland and tells how one of his high school teachers gave it to him. She saw something in Josh that she felt was in need of knowing who Harlan Ellison was. He said it was the moment he knew writing was what he wanted to do for a living. While I was on the writerly path before I had ever read a word by Harlan, I didn't really know how far I could take it artistically until his prose passed under my nose.
It was 10th grade for me, a short story unit in my English class. I went through what our library had to offer in search of something that wouldn't bore me to tears. The card catalogue said Quartz Hill High was supposed to have a copy of The Deathbird Stories in the stacks, but it was checked out. I ended up with Ray Bradbury, which at the time wasn't really my cup of tea, but I knew the title of the lead story from a Twilight Zone episode. Long story already too long, that book didn't hit the spot, and so when Deathbird came back, I snagged it. My teacher, Miss Black, saw me reading it when I should have been reading something else, and she wrinkled her nose at the offending tome. "Do you like that?" she asked, possibly confirming some long-held suspicion about me and my mental health.
"Oh, yes," I replied, her obvious disgust making the book more exciting already, just the way that woman at Comic Con's vehement refusal to laugh had made Harlan seem like a rock star.
"I have a copy of that at home," Miss Black said. "If I can find it, I'll give it to you."
That was how I ended up with my own first edition hardcover of The Deathbird Stories, a collection of similarly themed pieces, all of them about some kind of modern god, the new things of worship that were replacing the old. If Miss Black were to give me that book today, she'd be fired. It's a pretty wild work of fiction, full of extreme ideas and frightening images, but also rife with humanity and moments of true tenderness--the dichotomy that makes all of Ellison's best work his best work. It changed my life immeasurably. I had a whole new understanding of what words could do. There were actually three stories I wrote while reading The Deathbird Stories, and while they were all terrible, I was aware of the changing tenor of what I put on a page. There was a difference between the story I wrote before starting the book and the one I wrote in the middle, and the third, written after, was a whole other thing entirely. I became a real writer in the space of probably thirty or so typewritten pages.
I tried to tell Harlan this at another Comic Con years later, when I actually got him to sign that copy of The Deathbird Stories. I screwed up my courage, wanted to tell the man how I felt, got about as far as "It's the first book of yours I read, and--" when Harlan dismissively waved his hand and said, "Yeah, yeah, it changed your life. I know."
It was at once shocking and disappointing, and yet, as he handed me back the book, he gave me a sprightly wink and said, "You're all right, kid," sending me away feeling good about having come by. That's Harlan.
Just as now I wave my hand dismissively at you, a cursory brush-off across the internet, as you start to get annoyed with me and say, "That's all well and good, but what about the damned movie?!" How impatient you are! What you need to understand is that this is all about the damned movie. Reviewing a film shouldn't just be about watching it and regurgitating a summary, but as Carol Cooper said, it should be an interaction, one should engage the material. Any reviewer who has read Ellison's own books of criticism, either the movie oriented Harlan Ellison's Watching or the series of television-related essays in the two The Glass Teat volumes or any of his other countless works of non-fiction essaying (Harlan Ellison's Hornbook or An Edge in My Voice, for instance) know that the master himself is prone to such digressions. I can simply review Dreams With Sharp Teeth in the same old way and you can walk away with my impressions, but how accurately will you know where I am coming from if I don't tell you what else is on my mind?
When we strip away all the extraneous nonsense and get down to the meat of the nut, to go off on such a tangent is the only way I can prepare you for the man you will encounter in this movie. And this movie itself is really only there to prepare you for what you will find if you choose to go deeper into Ellison Wonderland. And I don't see how you can't, unless you're that woman I saw in my teen years, so adamant in your determination to spoil whatever good time might come your way. Because if you watch the ninety-six minutes of Ellison ranting and raving, listen to the stories others tell about him, and best of all, hear him read from a selection of his work, and you don't want to go out and buy one of his books, then I am not sure I understand who you are. To paraphrase from memory, a remembered line from an essay Ellison wrote about the excitement of discovery experienced by NASA scientists when they find something new in space, if the person next to you doesn't get how grand that is, then get rid of them. If it's your fiancée, give back the ring. It's through.
Oh, the stories you will hear here! There is the introduction to Harlan's piece about when he marched in Alabama with Dr. Martin Luther King, a meaningful passage from his childhood memoir "One Life Furnished in Early Poverty," a vivid reading of his famous tale of nonconformity, "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman," and strangely, the most exciting and the most poignant, a dramatic interpretation of a segment of his butchered script for the Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever." It's just Harlan standing there, staring into Erik Nelson's camera, and the timbre of his voice, the gaze of his eyes, even more than the written lines, these things tell you he understands the full extent of eternity and how awesome and wide the universe is. As Dan Simmons hints, all writers ponder their place in posterity, but by choosing not to talk about it, maybe only Harlan really gets what that means.
For those wondering about technique, Nelson honed his cinematic skills over the years working on a variety of other documentaries and programming for public television. While his technique may not be innovative or groundbreaking, it is not intended to be so, he is from the school of documentarians who value their subjects over their own personal expression. There is nothing wrong with the formula--talking heads, vintage photos and old footage (home movies, Ellison television appearances), connecting facts written on screen. We get an extensive tour of Harlan's legendary California home, complete with its decorative gargoyles, hidden passages, and scores of toys, posters, books, and other collectibles. It's a living monument to a man who lives his life in pursuit of every passion that grips him, and Dreams With Sharp Teeth is a monument to that, as well. Some may grouse that it's not prickly enough, that it doesn't grind any axes against Ellison's reputation but lets him do all the grinding, but who cares? We've all come here to praise Caesar, and he swings a bigger axe than Brutus ever could, anyway.
Is that enough to convince you to get your hands on this DVD? Would more stories help? I still haven't told the one about how Harlan inadvertently called me a "retarded teenager," and how when this fact was made known, he exited that conversation with a perfect Gilda-Radner-as-Emily-Litela "Never mind." Or how about this? Robin Williams is a Harlan Ellison fan, and he's in Dreams With Sharp Teeth, and when you see the two of them side by side, you will be witness to the one man that can not only stop Robin Williams in mid-riff, but add to the routine, hand it back to Robin, and send the comedian back on his way.
That's rare talent right there. Just one of the many rare talents that make up the rare genius of Harlan Ellison. Do you have the guts to engage?
The titles of the bonus readings.
The anamorphic widescreen transfer of Harlan Ellison: Dreams With Sharp Teeth is clean and positively reflects the relative newness of the production. There is some slight fuzziness and digital combing at times, but nothing egregious. Overall, a fine effort.
A basic audio mix in Dolby Digital Stereo does the job, working with the various sound sources and making sure there is an even level and the commentary is clear and distinct throughout.
A bevy of bonus features elevates Harlan Ellison: Dreams With Sharp Teeth from a mere DVD of an excellent documentary to an exceptional DVD of an excellent documentary. Even the expected 21-minute piece on the Los Angeles premiere of the film, a featurette called "An Evening With Sharp Teeth", proves entertaining, giving Harlan Ellison more screen time and also giving the movie's commentators another chance to get in a friendly dig or two. Watch for Battlestar Galactica producer Ron Moore's joke about the time Harlan Ellison walked into a bar...and met Harlan Ellison. Much of the program is Harlan and Josh Olson talking, and it also features an appearance by Werner Herzog.
Neil Gaiman returns for an extended chat with Ellison in "Pizza with Harlan Ellison and Neil Gaiman" (41 minutes) sort of like a freaky sci-fi remake of My Dinner with Andre. The two discuss many topics, swapping memories of times past. Sometimes I had to wonder where it might have gone if Erik Nelson hadn't interjected and derailed several trains of thought, but it's still an excellent conversation to eavesdrop on. Be warned, the video isn't fully processed and so a little jagged, and the audio levels between Ellison and Gaiman are different, making Gaiman hard to hear at times.
Another 21-minutes or so of video comes in the form of six additional readings by Ellison, most of them fairly short, though the breathless 11-plus-minute "Prince Myshkin, and Hold the Relish" is a verbal tour de force that must be witnessed to be believed. Most of the pieces have animated graphics of some kind, though the story "The Silence" has special graphics using the Jacek Yerka art that accompanied it in Mind Fields. (Yerka also provided the cover art for this DVD.)
The animated menus also have a special bonus in the form of amusing Ellison outbursts accompanying the selection of each submenu.
Highly Recommended. Okay, geez, isn't it obvious? Big fan of Harlan Ellison here. The documentary Harlan Ellison: Dreams With Sharp Teeth has been a long time coming, and thank goodness it doesn't disappoint. Ellison is one of the more compelling literary personages alive today. A gadfly, a righteous crusader, a selfish manchild, and a master of language, he commands a movie camera with as much verve as he commands the page.
Jamie S. Rich is a novelist and comic book writer. He is best known for his collaborations with Joelle Jones, including the hardboiled crime comic book You Have Killed Me, the challenging romance 12 Reasons Why I Love Her, and the 2007 prose novel Have You Seen the Horizon Lately?, for which Jones did the cover. All three were published by Oni Press. His most recent projects include the futuristic romance A Boy and a Girl with Natalie Nourigat; Archer Coe and the Thousand Natural Shocks, a loopy crime tale drawn by Dan Christensen; and the horror miniseries Madame Frankenstein, a collaboration with Megan Levens. Follow Rich's blog at Confessions123.com.
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The Story
There are certain songs that take you back to a time and place. And there certain songs that take you back to a time, a place, and a feeling. Music does this sometimes, without asking.
I am listening to the NBA on NBC theme as I write this, and it is 1996. If you grew up watching the NBA in the 1990s, we could talk for days, starting now.
From Jack Sikma to Rafer Alston, but mostly everything in between. And really, just about everything in between: Mitch Richmond, Mookie Blaylock, Detlef Schrempf, Glenn Robinson, Dikembe Mutombo, and so on.
You probably even caught a Bulls game or two during this decade. Michael Jordan led the team to six championships, and the Bulls shot 100.0 % from the field for 10 straight years, at least on the shots that mattered. That is how it seemed at the time. Of course, the Bulls did miss the basket every once in a while. But they also shot the ball a lot more than their opponents, because they took care of it.
In all six championship seasons, the Bulls finished in the top five in offensive Turnover Percentage, leading the NBA three times.
Today, we take a look at Turnover Percentage, the second of the Four Factors.
The Stat
Turnover Percentage is defined by basketball-reference as an "estimate of turnovers per 100 plays." The formula is 100 * TOV / (FGA + 0.44 * FTA + TOV).
Looking merely at turnovers, or turnovers per game, is just fine, but there are some serious limitations. The players on the court the most often are bound to rack up more turnovers. Moreover, the players with the ball in their hands, making plays, are bound to rack up the most turnovers. Turnover percentage helps control for this somewhat, by accounting for activity (in this case, field goal attempts and free throw attempts) in relation to turnovers.
Still, this is just one piece of the advanced statistical pie, and it is often wise to look at this particular statistic within a team scope, not merely by individual player.
The Best
Michael Redd owns the second-best offensive Turnover Percentage in NBA history. He is basically tied with Antawn Jamison for first place, so this season will probably tip one or the other slightly ahead.
Redd saw a lot of the basketball in his time, and at one point averaged 20.0+ points per game for six straight seasons. Despite serving as a focal point of the offense for a long time, Redd consistently maintained remarkably low offensive Turnover Percentages. And there is something to be said for that. While Redd never posted high assist marks, he also almost never gave the ball away. Largely, he stuck with what he knew best: shooting.
The all-time individual offensive Turnover Percentage leaderboard shows many players that featured as shooting stars: Peja Stojakovic, Wesley Person, Morris Peterson, Dennis Scott, Glen Rice. These players typically posted relatively low assist totals, and rarely made the high-risk, high-reward types of plays that result in either assists or turnovers.
Then again, serving as another reminder that he is the eternal exception to every basketball rule, Michael Jordan ranks 19th all-time in offensive Turnover Percentage.
The Examples
Nevertheless, Turnover Percentage is often best viewed through a team-by-team lens. The chart at the top of the story plots teams in 2011-12 by offensive and defense Turnover Percentage. Put simply, the teams with the best offensive Turnover Percentages (the ones that rarely turn the ball over) are "highest" on the chart. And the teams with the best defensive Turnover Percentages (the ones that force a lot of turnovers) are the "furthest right" on the chart. So, the best place you could possibly be is in the upper right corner. The average is right in the middle.
A few teams caught my eye:
76ers: Philadelphia made waves with excellent team defense, but they balanced it with a steady approach on offense. No team took care of the ball on offense like the 76ers last season, as important contributors like Elton Brand (9.3), Lou Williams (7.2), Thaddeus Young (6.8), and Jodie Meeks (5.4) were among the league's most sure-handed. Only Young remains with the team from that group, as the 76ers are one of the league's truly new-look teams.
Grizzlies: Essentially the opposite of the 76ers, the ball-hawking Grizzlies forced more turnovers than any other team, and were almost exactly average in terms of turning the ball over on offense themselves.
Lakers: The Lakers tied with the Timberwolves as the team least likely to force a turnover. Los Angeles finished last in the traditional stat category of steals per game (5.9), and they generally were not your Showtime Lakers, finishing 28th in the NBA in fastbreak points per game.
Thunder: Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook commit a lot of turnovers. They finished second and third in the NBA overall in turnovers in 2011-12, though the turnover leaderboard is largely a spreadsheet of superstars. Even when adjusting for Turnover Percentage, the Thunder as a team led the NBA in offensive turnovers. Normally this is not compatible with boasting the second best offensive efficiency in the NBA, but keep in mind the Thunder also finished with the second best eFG% (the first of the Four Factors) overall, and topped the charts in another one of the Four Factors, which we will address in Part 4 of the Advanced Stat Series.
Celtics: Boston turned the ball over quite a lot, but they forced even more turnovers. Rajon Rondo commits a fair share of turnovers, but easily makes up for it by creating tons of easy baskets for his teammates, and causing turnovers defensively.
Heat: The recipe for the champions was to create turnovers and turn them into points – and they were devastatingly successful in this regard.
The Bucks
Not to bury the lede, but with an offensive Turnover Percentage of 10.6, no regular starting point guard boasted a better offensive Turnover Percentage than Brandon Jennings in 2011-12. The next best was Chris Paul (10.8). Indeed, in some ways it was more about taking care of the ball than simply making shots, when it comes to explaining last season's offensive ascent in Milwaukee. Ensuring that your team gets a shot – any shot – on most possessions is a massive first step in the game of basketball. After all, teams shoot 0.0 % on possessions when they turn the ball over, which is a far cry even from a middling 38.0 % or 39.0 %.
While the Bucks ranked fourth overall in offensive Turnover Percentage, they were nearly as good in terms of defensive Turnover Percentage, ranking fifth in the NBA in 2011-12. The man-to-man and team defense led a lot to be desired though, and a subplot of this season is watching to see if the team can continue to create turnovers at the same they improve overall team defense.
The team's finer moments last season largely stem from having consistently won the turnover battle – they had the third best Turnover Percentage differential in the NBA, trailing only the Grizzlies and 76ers. As you can see at the top of this story, they are the third closest team to that big, bright red dot in the upper right hand of the chart. If they get even closer this season, we might just sing their praises.

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DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated - BETA Replicated database support
The Following example shows how to change an existing $schema to a replicated storage type, add some replicated (read-only) databases, and perform reporting tasks.
You should set the 'storage_type attribute to a replicated type. You should also define your arguments, such as which balancer you want and any arguments that the Pool object should get.
my $schema = Schema::Class->clone; $schema->storage_type(['::DBI::Replicated', { balancer_type => '::Random' }]); $schema->connection(...);
Next, you need to add in the Replicants. Basically this is an array of arrayrefs, where each arrayref is database connect information. Think of these arguments as what you'd pass to the 'normal' $schema->connect method.
$schema->storage->connect_replicants( [$dsn1, $user, $pass, \%opts], [$dsn2, $user, $pass, \%opts], [$dsn3, $user, $pass, \%opts], );
Now, just use the $schema as you normally would. Automatically all reads will be delegated to the replicants, while writes to the master.
You can force a given query to use a particular storage using the search attribute 'force_pool'. For example:
my $rs = $schema->resultset('Source')->search(undef, {force_pool=>'master'});
Now $rs will force everything (both reads and writes) to use whatever was setup as the master storage. 'master' is hardcoded to always point to the Master, but you can also use any Replicant name. Please see: DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated::Pool and the replicants attribute for more.
Also see transactions and "execute_reliably" for alternative ways to force read traffic to the master. In general, you should wrap your statements in a transaction when you are reading and writing to the same tables at the same time, since your replicants will often lag a bit behind the master.
If you have a multi-statement read only transaction you can force it to select a random server in the pool by:
my $rs = $schema->resultset('Source')->search( undef, { force_pool => $db->storage->read_handler->next_storage } );
Warning: This class is marked BETA. This has been running a production website using MySQL native replication as its backend and we have some decent test coverage but the code hasn't yet been stressed by a variety of databases. Individual DBs may have quirks we are not aware of. Please use this in first development and pass along your experiences/bug fixes.
This class implements replicated data store for DBI. Currently you can define one master and numerous slave database connections. All write-type queries (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE and even LAST_INSERT_ID) are routed to master database, all read-type queries (SELECTs) go to the slave database.
Basically, any method request that DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI would normally handle gets delegated to one of the two attributes: "read_handler" or to "write_handler". Additionally, some methods need to be distributed to all existing storages. This way our storage class is a drop in replacement for DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI.
Read traffic is spread across the replicants (slaves) occurring to a user selected algorithm. The default algorithm is random weighted.
The consistency between master and replicants is database specific. The Pool gives you a method to validate its replicants, removing and replacing them when they fail/pass predefined criteria. Please make careful use of the ways to force a query to run against Master when needed.
Replicated Storage has additional requirements not currently part of DBIx::Class. See DBIx::Class::Optional::Dependencies for more details.
This class defines the following attributes.
The underlying DBIx::Class::Schema object this storage is attaching
Contains the classname which will instantiate the "pool" object. Defaults to: DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated::Pool.
Contains a hashref of initialized information to pass to the Balancer object. See DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated::Pool for available arguments.
The replication pool requires a balance class to provider the methods for choose how to spread the query load across each replicant in the pool.
Contains a hashref of initialized information to pass to the Balancer object. See DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated::Balancer for available arguments.
Is a DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated::Pool or derived class. This is a container class for one or more replicated databases.
Is a DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated::Balancer or derived class. This is a class that takes a pool (DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated::Pool)
The master defines the canonical state for a pool of connected databases. All the replicants are expected to match this databases state. Thus, in a classic Master / Slaves distributed system, all the slaves are expected to replicate the Master's state as quick as possible. This is the only database in the pool of databases that is allowed to handle write traffic.
The following methods are delegated all the methods required for the DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI interface.
Defines an object that implements the read side of DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI.
Defines an object that implements the write side of DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI, as well as methods that don't write or read that can be called on only one storage, methods that return a $dbh, and any methods that don't make sense to run on a replicant.
Preserves master's connect_info options (for merging with replicants.) Also sets any Replicated-related options from connect_info, such as pool_type, pool_args, balancer_type and balancer_args.
This class defines the following methods.
DBIx::Class::Schema when instantiating its storage passed itself as the first argument. So we need to massage the arguments a bit so that all the bits get put into the correct places.
Lazy builder for the "master" attribute.
Lazy builder for the "pool" attribute.
Lazy builder for the "balancer" attribute. This takes a Pool object so that the balancer knows which pool it's balancing.
Lazy builder for the "write_handler" attribute. The default is to set this to the "master".
Lazy builder for the "read_handler" attribute. The default is to set this to the "balancer".
All calls to connect_replicants needs to have an existing $schema tacked onto top of the args, since DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI needs it, and any connect_info options merged with the master, with replicant opts having higher priority.
Returns an array of all the connected storage backends. The first element in the returned array is the master, and the rest are each of the replicants.
Given a coderef, saves the current state of the "read_handler", forces it to use reliable storage (e.g. sets it to the master), executes a coderef and then restores the original state.
my $reliably = sub { my $name = shift @_; $schema->resultset('User')->create({name=>$name}); my $user_rs = $schema->resultset('User')->find({name=>$name}); return $user_rs; }; my $user_rs = $schema->storage->execute_reliably($reliably, 'John');
Use this when you must be certain of your database state, such as when you just inserted something and need to get a resultset including it, etc.
Sets the current $schema to be 'reliable', that is all queries, both read and write are sent to the master
Sets the current $schema to be use the </balancer> for all reads, while all writes are sent to the master only
Check that the master and at least one of the replicants is connected.
Make sure all the storages are connected.
Set the limit_dialect for all existing storages
Set the quote_char for all existing storages
Set the name_sep for all existing storages
Set the schema object for all existing storages
set a debug flag across all storages
set a debug object
set a debugfh object
set a debug callback
disconnect everything
set cursor class on all storages, or return master's
set cursor class on all storages, or return master's, alias for "cursor_class" above.
sets the "unsafe" in DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI option on all storages or returns master's current setting
sets the "disable_sth_caching" in DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI option on all storages or returns master's current setting
returns the highest Replicant "lag_behind_master" in DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI setting
returns true if all replicants return true for "is_replicating" in DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI
calls "connect_call_datetime_setup" in DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI for all storages
calls "connect_call_rebase_sqlmaker" in DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI for all storages
Due to the fact that replicants can lag behind a master, you must take care to make sure you use one of the methods to force read queries to a master should you need realtime data integrity. For example, if you insert a row, and then immediately re-read it from the database (say, by doing $result->discard_changes) or you insert a row and then immediately build a query that expects that row to be an item, you should force the master to handle reads. Otherwise, due to the lag, there is no certainty your data will be in the expected state.
For data integrity, all transactions automatically use the master storage for all read and write queries. Using a transaction is the preferred and recommended method to force the master to handle all read queries.
Otherwise, you can force a single query to use the master with the 'force_pool' attribute:
my $result = $resultset->search(undef, {force_pool=>'master'})->find($pk);
This attribute will safely be ignored by non replicated storages, so you can use the same code for both types of systems.
Lastly, you can use the "execute_reliably" method, which works very much like a transaction.
For debugging, you can turn replication on/off with the methods "set_reliable_storage" and "set_balanced_storage", however this operates at a global level and is not suitable if you have a shared Schema object being used by multiple processes, such as on a web application server. You can get around this limitation by using the Schema clone method.
my $new_schema = $schema->clone; $new_schema->set_reliable_storage; ## $new_schema will use only the Master storage for all reads/writes while ## the $schema object will use replicated storage.
Check the list of additional DBIC resources.
This module is free software copyright by the DBIx::Class (DBIC) authors. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the DBIx::Class library.
To install DBIx::Class, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm DBIx::Class
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install DBIx::Class
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.


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This custom circuit board picks up some of the pieces from a wall wart to drive a high-power LED. The basic concept is to keep the high-voltage components and swap out the low voltage ones for parts that will be able to drive the 10W load.
The PCB is custom designed, but you can see that it was shaped to match the wall wort's original board. To the right is the original 500mA transformer. The low-voltage side uses an LM393 because of its dual-comparators. This provides feedback for both current and voltage and is a perfect compliment for the TOP242. We haven't seen that part before, but [Mincior] says that it's nice for this application as it has safety features that lock down the chip if power or temperature are above spec. Once the replacement is nestled inside of the plastic case it looks stock and makes sure that your custom LED fixtures will stand the test of time safely.


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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS INDUSTRY STRUCTURE Number of farms The 2003-04 Agricultural Survey found that the number of farms in Australia fell by 2% in the 12 months ending 30 June 2004, down from 133,000 to 131,000 farms, continuing the decline in farm numbers seen in previous years. The beef cattle farming industry remained the largest in terms of farm numbers, with around 27% of all farms. The mixed farming sector (grain-sheep/beef cattle) was the next largest with around 12% of all farms, followed by the grain sector with 11%. Size of operations EVAO of operations The median estimated value of agricultural operations (EVAO) of all farms was approximately $123,000 in 2003-04. Around 15% of all farms (20,200 farms) had an EVAO below $22,500, while at the other end of the scale, 14% (18,000 farms) had an EVAO above $500,000. The majority of farms with EVAO below $22,500 were involved in beef cattle farming (11,700 farms) and sheep farming (2,000 farms) while the majority of farms with EVAO above $500,000 were involved in grain growing (5,500 farms), mixed grain-sheep/beef cattle farming (2,800 farms), dairy cattle farming (1,700 farms) and beef cattle farming (1,700 farms). On an industry basis, the cotton, poultry for meat, grain, pig, and poultry for eggs farming industries were dominated by farms with large EVAOs, with around 76%, 54%, 38%, 34% and 32% respectively, having an EVAO greater than $500,000. Area of operations Most farms in 2003-04 were between 100 and 499 hectares in size, and accounted for 42,400 farms (or 32%). These farms were mainly engaged in beef cattle grazing, dairying, sheep grazing or mixed grain-sheep/beef cattle growing. Small farms under 50 hectares were the second main size group and accounted for 25,100 farms (or 19%). These small farms were mainly engaged in grape growing, beef cattle grazing, fruit growing, vegetable growing and plant nursery operations. Large farms of over 2,500 hectares accounted for 11% (14,700) of all farms and were mainly engaged in grazing or cropping operations. CROPS Overview The easing of widespread drought saw significant increases in production, with record or near record harvests reported for most of the major crops. Crops for grain Wheat Improved conditions in 2003-04 saw records for both area planted to wheat and wheat production. The total area planted increased by 17% to 13.1 million hectares. All states reported increases, with the largest reported in New South Wales (up 33% to 4.0 million hectares) and Western Australia (up 10% to 4.9 million hectares). Wheat production increased by 158% to 26.1 million tonnes, with nearly all states reporting significant increases. The largest were reported in Western Australia (up 174% to 11.1 million tonnes), and New South Wales (up 192% to 7.3 million tonnes). Barley The total area of barley planted increased by 16% to 4.5 million hectares. The largest areas planted were in Western Australia (1.3 million hectares) and South Australia (1.2 million hectares). Improved yields, combined with the increase in area planted, saw total production reach a record level of 10.4 million tonnes. The largest producers were Western Australia (up 135% to 3.2 million tonnes), South Australia (up 87% to 2. 7 million tonnes) and Victoria (up 375% to 2.3 million tonnes). Oats The total area of oats planted increased by 20% to 1.1 million hectares. This was the fourth year of increased planting. Production increased by 111% to 2.0 million tonnes, the highest level reported since 1984. The largest producers were Western Australia (up 58% to 752,000 tonnes), New South Wales (up 309% to 610,000 tonnes) and Victoria (up 103% to 507,000 tonnes). Grain sorghum The total area of grain sorghum planted increased by 10% to 734,000 hectares. Production increased by 37% to 2.0 million tonnes, with significant increases in Queensland and New South Wales, the main growing states. Lupins for grain The total area planted to lupins for grain fell by 17% to 851,000 hectares due mainly to a 16% fall in the main growing state of Western Australia. This was the sixth annual decrease in lupins plantings and reflects a longer term trend towards oats and barley. Increased yields after drought saw total production increase by 63% to 1.2 million tonnes. Other crops Canola Canola plantings fell by 7% to 1.2 million hectares, with falls in New South Wales and Victoria partly offset by increases in South Australia and Western Australia. Improved conditions in many areas saw production increase to pre-drought levels. Production rose by 96% to 1.7 million tonnes, with increases reported in all the main growing states. Cotton lint Continuing lack of water for irrigation saw plantings of cotton fall by 7% to 227,000 hectares. Total cotton lint production was down by 13% to 317,000 tonnes. Increases in plantings and production in Queensland were more than offset by decreases in New South Wales. Rice Some reductions in water restrictions in 2003-04 saw the area planted to rice increase by 45% to 66,400 hectares. Rice production increased by 26% to 553,000 tonnes, but this was still less than half the harvest from 'normal' years. The production of rice is entirely dependent on access to water, and the lingering effects of the drought continued to affect the major growing regions of New South Wales. HORTICULTURE Fruit Grapes In 2003-04 grape production rose by 35% to a record harvest of 2.0 million tonnes. The largest increases were reported in South Australia (up 44% to 886,000 tonnes), Victoria (up 31% to 532,000 tonnes) and New South Wales (up 25% to 483,000 tonnes). The total area of bearing vines increased by 5% to a record 151,000 hectares, with the main growing state of South Australia reporting an increase of 8% to a record 65,000 hectares. Oranges Orange production decreased by 34% to 395,000 tonnes after near record production in the previous year. Decreases were reported in the three main growing states of New South Wales (down 35% to 181,000 tonnes), South Australia (down 36% to 122,000 tonnes) and Victoria (down 39% to 69,400 tonnes). The total number of bearing orange trees fell by 4% to 6.8 million trees, due mainly to an 8% fall in tree numbers in New South Wales. Bananas Banana production fell by 3% to 257,000 tonnes, with falls in production reported in Queensland and New South Wales. The total bearing area of bananas rose by 2% to 10,900 hectares. Apples Apple production fell by 22% to 255,000 tonnes, with falls reported for every state except Queensland. The largest decreases in production were reported for Victoria (down 29% to 84,100 tonnes), New South Wales (down 23% to 47,700 tonnes) and Tasmania (down 29% to 37,300 tonnes. The total number of bearing apple trees rose by 6% to 8.9 million, with increases reported in all states except Tasmania. Pears Pear production rose by 2% to 139,000 tonnes. Victoria's production of 121,000 tonnes accounted for 87% of total Australian production. The total number of bearing pear trees rose by 6% to 1.4 million. Vegetables Potatoes Production of potatoes in 2003-04 rose by 5% to 1.3 million tonnes, due mainly to a 25% increase in production in Victoria (up to 338,000 tonnes). The only state to report a fall in production was New South Wales (down 11% to 119,000 tonnes). The total area planted to potatoes remained steady at 36,100 hectares, with increases in plantings in Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and Queensland, offset by decreases in South Australia and New South Wales. Tomatoes Production of tomatoes rose by 30% to 474,000 tonnes, with significant increases reported in the three main growing states of Victoria (up 28% to 270,000 tonnes), Queensland (up 33% to 125,000 tonnes) and New South Wales (up 40% to 67,100 tonnes). The area planted to tomatoes rose by 16% to 8,500 hectares, with increases reported in all states except Western Australia. Carrots Production of carrots fell marginally to 303,000 tonnes, with falls in all states except South Australia and Tasmania. The area planted to carrots fell by 2% to 7,200 hectares, with falls in Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland partly offset by increases in South Australia and Tasmania. New South Wales remained steady. Onions Production of onions rose slightly to 233,000 tonnes. Increases in production in Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia were partly offset by decreases in South Australia, the main producing state, and Queensland. The area planted to onions rose by 6% to 5,600 hectares, with increases reported in all states except Queensland. Lettuces Production of lettuces rose by 5% to 127,000 tonnes. Increases in Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia were partly offset by falls in Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. The area planted to lettuces remained steady at 6,100 hectares. LIVESTOCK Overview Cattle numbers recovered slightly in 2003-04, but were limited in their recovery by ongoing effects of drought in some areas and also by lower cow numbers available for breeding from the previous year. Sheep and lamb numbers also showed signs of recovery with better conditions contributing to improved lambing percentages. Pig numbers fell and chicken numbers were steady. Milk cattle The number of milk cattle remained steady at 3.1 million head at 30 June 2004. A small decrease in milking cow numbers was offset by an increase in other milk cattle. The most significant movements were reported in Queensland (up 10% to 255,000), and Tasmania (down 6% to 189,000). Victoria had the majority of milk cattle, with its herd steady at 1.9 million. Meat cattle Meat cattle numbers increased by 3% to 24.4 million after the badly drought-affected season in the previous year. Increases in meat cattle numbers were reported in Queensland (up 7% to 11.2 million head), Western Australia (up 8% to 2.0 million), Northern Territory (up 3% to 1.7 million) and Tasmania (up 3% to 496,000). These were partly offset by falls in Victoria (down 4% to 2.4 million) and South Australia (down 4% to 1.2 million). New South Wales remained steady at 5.4 million. Sheep and lambs Sheep and lamb numbers increased by 2% to 101 million, with lamb numbers up by 12%, but sheep numbers down slightly. This was due mainly to increases in the largest producing states of New South Wales (up 5% to 35.2 million) and Western Australia (up 5% to 25.1 million). However these were partly offset by falls in Victoria (down 2% to 20.0 million), South Australia (down slightly to 12.9 million) and Tasmania (down 4% to 3.2 million). Lamb markings rose by 7% to 36.3 million, with increases reported in New South Wales (up 13% to 12.8 million), Western Australia (up 6% to 9.2 million) and Queensland (up 61% to 1.2 million). The number of ewes mated to produce these lambs was little changed from the previous year, with improved lambing percentages (up from 77.6% in 2002-03 to 83.0% in 2003-04) responsible for the increased numbers of lambs. Pigs Australian pig numbers fell by 4% to 2.5 million, with falls reported in all states except Queensland, which rose by 4%. Trends of recent years have shown an industry move away from New South Wales as the main pig-producing state, to Queensland, which has for the first time reported a bigger herd than New South Wales. Chickens The number of chickens for meat production remained steady at 70.7 million birds. Decreases in New South Wales and Western Australia were offset by increases in Victoria and Queensland. The number of chickens for egg production fell slightly to 12.7 million birds. Egg production remained steady at 193 million dozen. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window. |


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We are old people who mail handwritten letters and make phone calls while the rest of the world sends e-mails and texts. We are English-speaking tourists, dropped into a city square in Sicily, trying to understand what everyone is saying.
We are sports-crazed Bostonians, blissfully unaware why the rest of the country makes such a big deal out of college football.
Boston College, the only Division 1 program in Greater Boston, fired its football coach on Sunday. After four disappointing seasons, bottoming out with this year's 2-10 bomb, Frank Spaziani was relieved of his duties by new athletic director Brad Bates.
And nobody cares. BC firing its football coach is no different than the New England Revolution sacking their head coach. It's a scrawny birch tree toppling in a forest of mighty oaks. It doesn't matter. That is the state of college sports in our region.
It's just the way it is. Boston College's basketball team Sunday lost to Bryant. Ouch. BC is a member of the vaunted Atlantic Coast Conference. BC in our lifetime knocked off Dean Smith's top-ranked Tar Heels and almighty Duke. BC made it to the Elite Eight. Now BC loses to Bryant.
And nobody cares.
We are not a part of this college sports mania that sweeps America. We scoff at yahoo college towns and nitwit boosters who live vicariously through the deeds of 19-year-old sophomores. Nothing is more fraudulent than big-time college sports and the pathetic sycophants who buy into the phony machine. The sanctimonious NCAA guarantees that it's possible to play by the rules and still win championships. So where is the honor, where is the pride in declaring, "Our professional student-athletes are better than your professional student-athletes? Our cheaters are better than your cheaters"?
Boola boola.
We don't care.
Notre Dame's football team, ever a national sensation, is ranked first in the country and will play for the national championship Jan. 7 in Miami. The Irish are featured on the cover of the current Sports Illustrated and ABC trotted out Knute Rockne footage before Saturday night's prime-time joust with Southern Cal.
Big deal. What time do the Patriots kick off against the Dolphins next Sunday?
The University of Massachusetts plays its home games at Gillette Stadium. The University of Connecticut has gone big time in Division 1 football and Saturday beat 19th-ranked Louisville in three overtimes.
And we ask when do we start with the NFL playoffs?
It wasn't always this way. There were days when Boston College and Holy Cross filled Fenway Park for the renewal of their heated football rivalry. The Eagles and Crusaders drew 54,000 to Braves Field way back in 1922. Holy Cross went to the Orange Bowl. BC went to the Sugar Bowl. Vin Scully still speaks fondly of watching Harry Agganis when the Golden Greek was the best player in the country, playing for Boston University. The Harvard-Yale game of 1968 was the biggest game in the land. College football really mattered around here.
But nobody around here cares about college football anymore. As recently as 2007, the Boston College Eagles were ranked second in the nation for two weeks . . . and nobody noticed.
Sad, but true. When BC was the second-ranked team in the country (thank you, Matty Ice), the Patriots were on their way to 18-0, the Red Sox were winning their second World Series in four years, and the Celtics were in the early stages of a revival season that would put a 17th banner in the rafters above the parquet floorboards.
We are a pro sports town. So it's hardly a story as we wait for BC to hire a successor to Spaziani — a good man who perhaps was better suited to remain a defensive coordinator.
The firing of the local college football coach is a big deal at Auburn and North Carolina State. It is the only story in places such as College Station, Texas, and State College, Pa.
Happily, we have alternatives. We have lives. We don't really care about BC's chances next year against Clemson or North Carolina. Life as we know it will go on even if the Eagles go winless.
Serving as coach of the BC football team is like being coach of the Revolution. You are followed by a niche of diehard fans, but ignored by mainstream fans and media.
Spaz took over in 2009 after starry-eyed Jeff Jagodzinski tried to talk his way into an NFL job while he was supposed to be coaching the Eagles. In four years, Spaz went from 8-5 to 7-6 to 4-8 to this year's 2-10. The 2012 season is BC's worst since Fred Smerlas captained the 0-11 Eagles in 1978.
Not that long ago (1993), the Boston College football team was coached by Tom Coughlin. In those days, Coughlin was focused on getting to a major bowl and convincing pickax-wielding Chestnut Hill neighbors that it was OK to expand Alumni Stadium. Today Giants coach Tom Coughlin worries about the Packers, the Patriots, and the Super Bowl. He has moved on with his life.
Same here. We sincerely hope that Boston College finds an honorable man who can sculpt souls, graduate players, and win a few games. But it's OK if he doesn't win the ACC championship. It's only college sports. It doesn't matter much around here. And that's a good thing.
Dan Shaughnessy can be reached at email@example.com.


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WASHINGTON — Federal regulators today issued joint guidance to address mortgage servicer practices that may pose risks to homeowners who are serving in the military.
Regulators issuing the guidance included the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The regulators issued the guidance to address mortgage servicer practices that pose risks to homeowners who are serving in the military and to ensure compliance with applicable consumer laws and regulations. This guidance pertains to risks related to military homeowners who have informed the servicer that they have received Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders, which occur when servicemembers are ordered by the military to relocate to a new duty station or base. Roughly one-third of active-duty service members receive PCS orders each year.
For military homeowners, PCS orders to move to a new duty station present unique challenges. Although PCS orders are non-negotiable and operate under short, strict timelines, military homeowners with PCS orders remain obligated to honor their financial obligations, including their mortgages. If their homes have declined in value, they may be unable to sell the home and obtain sufficient funds to pay off the mortgage debt and may continue to be obligated to make monthly payments after relocating to the new duty station.
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- Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Flight departs at 12:21am (1421 GMT Friday), and is due to land in Beijing at 6:30am (2230 GMT) the same day
- On board the Boeing 777-200ER are 227 passengers and 12 crew.
- Airline loses contact with plane between 1-2 hours after takeoff.
The last reported position of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 (flightradar24.com)
- No distress signal is given, and weather is clear at the time.
- Missing plane last has contact with air traffic controllers 120 nautical miles off the east coast of the Malaysian town of Kota Bharu.
- Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) says plane failed to check in as scheduled at 1721 GMT while flying over sea between Malaysia and Ho Chi Minh City.
- Flight tracking website flightaware.com shows plane flew northeast over Malaysia after takeoff and climbed to altitude of 35,000 feet. The flight vanished from website's tracking records a minute later while still climbing.
Malaysian Maritime Enforcement personnel during search and rescue operations (AFP)
- Malaysia and Vietnam conduct joint search and rescue operation. China says dispatches two maritime rescue ships to the South China Sea to help in search and rescue. US says also sends ships and plane to help.
- Malaysia search ships see no sign of wreckage in area where flights last made contact.
- Airline says flight was carrying 154 people from China and Taiwan, 38 Malaysians, seven Indonesians and six Australians. Manifest shows other nationalities as being from: India, France, United States, New Zealand, Ukraine, Canada, Russia, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria.
- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang calls Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, urges Malaysia quickly and vigorously push search and rescue work.
An oil slick spotted off the coast of Vietnam (EPA)
- Vietnam says giant oil slick and column of smoke seen in its waters.
- Two men from Austria and Italy, listed among the passengers on a missing Malaysia Airlines flight, are not in fact on board. They say their passports were stolen.
- Malaysia Airlines says fears worst and is working with U.S. company that specialises in disaster recovery.
- The US National Transportation Safety Board dispatches team to Asia to help investigate incident. Technical advisers from the US Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing also fly to Asia.
- Malaysian authorities investigate identities of at least two other passengers in addition to two who were found to be using stolen passports.
Luigi Maraldi, whose name appeared on the passenger list, his passport had been stolen (EPA)
- Malaysian Transport and Defence Minister says Malaysian investigators meet counterparts from the US FBI.
- Radar indicates flight may have turned back from its scheduled route to Beijing before disappearing.
- Malaysian rescue teams expand their search to the country's western coast.
- Malaysian authorities pore over CCTV footage and question immigration officers and guards at Kuala Lumpur's international airport, concerned that a security breach may be connected to incident.
- Interpol says at least two passports recorded as lost or stolen in its database were used by passengers, and it is "examining additional suspect passports".
- Malaysia's state news agency quotes Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as saying the passengers using the stolen European passports were of Asian appearance.
- Investigators narrow focus of inquiries on possibility plane disintegrated in mid-flight, a source who is involved in the investigations in Malaysia tells Reuters.
- Vietnamese navy plane spots an object suspected of belonging to the airliners. Too dark to be certain the object is part of plane. More aircraft to be dispatched to investigate the site, in waters off southern Vietnam, in the morning.
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The 2011 Formula 1 season moves away from Europe and on to Asia for the Singapore Grand Prix. Alonso was last year's winner after leading every lap from pole position. Vettel came second, just 0.293 seconds behind Alonso, with Webber finishing a distant third, 29 seconds back.
This Grand Prix can be a tricky event for punters, because the circuit is prone to safety-car incidents as a result of the walls surrounding the track. This is the fourth year that Singapore has hosted the event, and in all three previous years the safety car was deployed at some point. Betfair currently offers 1.21 odds (subject to change) on a safety-car to be deployed during the race. Added to the mix is the weather, with possible thunderstorms forecast and rain given a 40% likelihood on Saturday and Sunday. Newcomers to Formula 1 may be interested to know that the Singapore Grand Prix is a night race.
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Watch Stevie Nicks Join the School of Rock Band!
April 27th, 2016 | By Lindsey Sullivan
One of rock n' roll's most legendary headmasters recently paid a visit to the School of Rock! Grammy-winning Fleetwood Mac songstress Stevie Nicks hit the stage at the Winter Garden Theatre on April 26 when she surprised the audience with a performance of "Rhiannon." The wildly talented kids of Andrew Lloyd Webber's exuberant tuner rocked out with Nicks, who applauded their superb musical skill. "To be in the presence of these kids that are so amazing that honestly sometimes I close my eyes and I'm not sure that it's not Fleetwood Mac," Nicks told the cheering audience. "It's very trippy. They are so good!" Enjoy the full performance below!


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By: ISHIR Marketing
On January 15, 2013, Facebook released Graph Search, which is the social network's first attempt at a serious search engine. I'm glad Facebook launched Graph Search, since I often joked that the previous search functionality was so bad, you could barely find yourself.
I gained access to Graph Search on January 17, and have completed an enormous amount of research since then. In my first post on Graph Search, I explained its potential impact to privacy, reputation management, local search, and more. You should check out that post to gain a better understanding of how Graph Search works and the challenges that Facebook is dealing with.
While completing my research, it didn't take long to dig deeper into local search, and to realize the potential impact to local businesses (if Graph Search truly takes off). Remember, Facebook now has 1.1 billion active monthly users and 665 million daily active users. It's hard to ignore those numbers.
4 Focus Areas and Local Graph Search
Graph Search has only rolled out to a limited set of users at this point (less than 1 million), and will continue to gradually roll out to more users over time.
Graph Search currently handles four key areas: photos, people, places, and interests. And as you can guess, "places" should be of particular interest to anyone running a local business.
As Graph Search rolls out to more users, ranking well in place search could be an important driver of business for many local businesses.
SES New York and My Presentation on Graph Search
In March, I presented Facebook Graph Search at SES NY, focusing on local ranking factors for Facebook Graph Search, based on the research I have completed since mid-January. I also explained more about Nearby (now named Local Search on iOS), and how to boost rankings in Local Graph Search.
This post will cover a number of local ranking factors (and potential factors) for Graph Search. Just like Google's algorithm, some of the factors carry a lot of weight, while others might contribute, but aren't a driving force.
Again, this is based on my research and analysis, and Facebook will continually be refining its algorithm over time. And nobody knows the true Graph Search algorithm other than Facebook itself.
I'll end this introduction with the standard disclaimer about ranking factors – correlation does not necessarily mean causation.
Without further ado, let's jump into local ranking factors for Graph Search:
1. Social Connections
When performing local searches in Graph Search, Facebook surfaces places that my friends and connections have liked and visited. You can easily see this displayed in the SERPs when the listing includes "liked by {friend name here}". Now, this is only one factor out of many, but it's a strong one.
Takeaway: If you are a local business and don't have a Facebook page set up, then set one up today. If Graph Search takes off, and you don't have an official page, then you will be left in the dust. Think about it… if you don't have a page, then nobody can like your official page. If users can't like your page, then social connections of people searching Facebook cannot help lift your business in the Graph Search rankings. And I'll cover the social engagement part of the equation later in the post.
2. Likes
After heavily testing Local Graph Search, it's pretty clear that likes are a factor. You don't need the most likes in your category, but you should always look to build more likes (the right way).
For example, since Facebook understands Page engagement, then zombie followers won't help you. That's unless you're The Walking Dead.
Remember, Facebook wants to surface places that have a real following, places that users have voted for, etc. Having a solid like count (based on your category) absolutely seemed to impact rankings.
Takeaway: If you've had a Page for a few years, and still only have 14 likes, then you should start refining your social strategy today. You need a strong plan for publishing great content, promoting that content, and then engaging with your fans. And yes, Facebook Ads can absolutely help jumpstart your likes. I'm not referring to buying likes (which makes very little sense given my point about zombie followers from earlier). But a well-planned and researched ad campaign to gain likes from a specific niche is a great way to build real likes.
3. Check-ins
While testing Local Graph Search, check-ins clearly seemed to be a ranking factor. The more check-ins a place had built over time, the higher the correlation to stronger rankings.
If you're a local business with a Facebook page, make sure you have selected "Local Business" as the category. You absolutely want people to be able to check in to your location.
It makes sense that check-ins are a factor, since Facebook will want to surface places that are actively seeing people visit the location. In addition, check-ins become exponentially more important when you take star ratings into account (covered soon).
Takeaway: Make sure users can check in to your location, and make sure your customers know how to do this. Everyone using Facebook's mobile app has a mechanism for researching and checking into a place called Local Search (on iOS) and Nearby (on Android). I cover this later in the post, but it's important that customers understand that Local Search is there and how to use it. Foster more check-ins. It's clearly a ranking factor.
4. Proximity to Location in Query
Ah, a traditional local SEO ranking factor finally appears in the list! As you can guess, if someone searches for "restaurants in Princeton new jersey", then it's advantageous to be located in Princeton, New Jersey.
With Graph Search, I've unfortunately seen surrounding towns throw off the SERPs. So, make sure you have the correct address set up on your Page. Also include mentions of that city in your Page information (more on that in point 6).
Takeaway: Location is a strong signal, which shouldn't be a shock considering we are talking about Local Graph Search. Make sure your address is accurate, mention your target locations in your Page copy, and hope Graph Search gets better at understand bordering towns.
5. Star Ratings
Say what you will about Facebook – I think it takes a smart approach to star ratings. And by the way, the ratings you see are not from Yelp. I know there's a lot of confusion about where the actual star ratings come from, so it's important to understand that they come from Facebook.
When a user checks in to a place via their Facebook app, Facebook obviously knows this. After checking in, Facebook might provide a ratings module to you later on (in the right sidebar while you are browsing Facebook). Users can also rate places they checked into by using Nearby in their Facebook mobile app (now called "Local Search" on iOS).
This approach to building star ratings is brilliant since it's extremely hard to game. You can't simply call up 500 friends and ask them to quickly give you a five star rating. They won't have the ability to do that… since Facebook knows who checked in and is control of who sees the ratings module.
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Takeaway: During my research, star ratings seemed to impact rankings in Graph Search. This is another reason it's important to make sure customers know how to check in, and then how to rate your business (if they are prompted to after they leave). The more check-ins you can gain, the more star ratings you can get. The more star ratings you get, the more signals you can send to Facebook that your business should rank highly for targeted queries in Graph Search.
6. Facebook Page Optimization
In traditional SEO, there are certain elements under your control. You can control title tags, meta descriptions, content on the page, navigation, internal linking structure, etc. Well, for Graph Search, you can control the information that shows up in your "About" section.
Do not leave this content blank. It is absolutely used by Facebook to help its algorithm understand what your business is about. Don't take it from me, Facebook even has a page set up explaining how to help users discover your business in Graph Search. And on that page, it clearly explains that you should flesh out the about section with important details about your business. When you add information to your page, you can include the following items:
- Category
- Subcategories
- Address/Location
- Short Description
- Description
- General Information
- Contact Information
- Food Styles
- Specialties
- Services
- Team
Takeaway: You control the data. Similar to traditional SEO, make sure you thoroughly complete the pertinent fields in your about page. Understand what users are searching for, and then make sure you provide high quality and useful information that matches what they are searching for. Sounds very traditional SEO-like, right? It is, and you can change this today.
7. Engagement
As I explained in my blog post about BeastRank (right before Graph Search went live), I fully believe that likes, shares, comments, etc. could impact Local Graph Search rankings. Facebook could very well be incorporating Page engagement into the Graph Search algorithm. It's just another way for Facebook to ensure the businesses it returns in the search results are followed by real users, that those users are actively engaging the Page's content, sharing its updates, etc.
Takeaway: Engage your fans, analyze your Page insights, and ensure you are providing high quality and relevant content. Take a hard look at the statistics that measure engagement like Engaged Users, Talking About This, and Virality. Look for ways to boost those metrics (the right ways).
8. Age on Facebook
This is total speculation, but it makes sense in certain situations. If there is a page that just pops up today, should it rank above a Facebook page that's been active for three years, has been building likes consistently, and engaging its fan base? Probably not.
I don't think this is purely an age factor, but just like domains and SEO, I believe Pages can benefit from age too. But again, you need to be doing the right things on Facebook… and not just letting a page sit there building dust.
Takeaway: If you're a business owner that still hasn't set up a Facebook page, then set one up today. If Graph Search gains in popularity as it rolls out to hundreds of millions of users, you could be left behind. Don't let that happen. Build a strong social strategy now, and begin to engage users as soon as possible.
9. Photos In and Visitors In
When you hover over a local search result in Graph Search, two buttons appear for "photos in" and "visitors of". When clicking the "photos in" button, you are taken to a page that displays photos from Facebook users that have tagged a specific business.
When you click the "visitors of" button, you can see people that have visited that business. This is obviously more data for Graph Search to chew on, and can potentially influence the algorithm for local search.
For example, if Facebook identifies many photos tied to a business, that score could influence the search results. I'm not saying this factor is as strong as social connection or likes, but it could be a factor.
And by the way, Mark Zuckerberg already explained that Instagram data will be incorporated into Graph Search at some point. That's a huge amount of photos and data and could absolutely impact Local Graph Search rankings.
For "visitors of", I already explained how check-ins seem to be a strong factor, and this option lets you view actual Facebook users that have visited the location.
Takeaway: Encourage customers to take photos at your location. You can reinforce this with Page updates by highlighting new photos that your business was tagged in. The more signals you can send to Facebook about user activity, the better.
Now that I've covered a number of local ranking factors for Graph Search, I'm going to cover two additional important topics. First, I'll explain more about Local Search (called Nearby on Android), which is sitting in your Facebook mobile app right now. Then I'll cover Bing's connection to Graph Search, including both organic and paid search.
Nearby (a.k.a., Local Search) and its Impact on Graph Search
During my SES NY presentation, I asked the audience if they were familiar with "Nearby" from Facebook. Only a few hands went up. That wasn't shocking, since the functionality is somewhat hidden in Facebook's mobile app and there hasn't been a push to drive its usage.
Nearby (which is now named "Local Search" on iOS), is sitting in every Facebook app right now. Don't believe me? Go check the menu in your Facebook app and you'll see it sitting there. And for Local Graph Search, it's ultra-important, since Nearby (a.k.a., "Local Search") is essentially the mobile front-end to the Graph Search back-end.
Using Nearby and Local Search functionality in your Facebook app, you can search for places of interest, based on your physical location.
When you click a specific listing, you can read more about the business, read recommendations from other users, view star ratings, etc. And yes, this is also how you can check in to a place and provide your own recommendations.
From a star ratings perspective, once you check into a place, you can rate that business directly from Nearby. And all of this data helps fuel Graph Search.
If you're a local business owner, you absolutely should get familiar with Nearby and Local Search in the Facebook mobile app. And more importantly, you should make sure your customers know what it is and how to use it.
Let's face it, if more of your customers know it's there, more can check in, more can provide recommendations, and more can view the ratings module and provide star ratings.
The Graph Search Bing Connection
Facebook and Microsoft have a strong partnership. Microsoft was an early investor in Facebook and Bing has been working closely with Facebook on various social search projects. Well, Graph Search is one of the areas where the two companies have worked closely together. Below are some important points for you to understand about how Bing helps Graph Search, and how you can leverage that relationship to gain more customers.
- The Bing Fallback: Graph Search falls back to Bing results when it can't answer your question. This happens when you enter traditional search queries (that don't fit into the Graph Search taxonomy). Once you reach the Bing fallback results, you'll notice that paid search ads are displayed. And yes, you can be listed there too! Facebook is a syndicated search partner, so selecting this option in Bing Ads will enable your ads to show up in the search results. It's another great reason to launch campaigns in Bing Ads.
- Graph Search Passing Keyword Data: Based on that last bullet, some of you might be thinking more about the Bing fallback results and its impact on organic search traffic. A few days before my SES NY presentation, I was double checking how Facebook handled traffic it was sending to websites from the Bing fallback results. When Graph Search first launched, Facebook was not providing keyword data to destination websites (yes, a new type of "not provided" had hit the scene).
Well, during my research in late March, I noticed that Facebook reversed direction and started sending keyword data along with the referrer! To learn more about my findings, and how to track Graph Search keyword data in Google Analytics, you can read my blog post on the subject. I walk you step by step through setting up an advanced filter to capture the keyword data.
Next Steps for Local Business Owners
- If you haven't already, request access to Facebook Graph Search. As of now, it has only been rolled out to a limited set of users.
- Double and triple check your Page information, categories, etc. Make sure you have "Local Business" selected as your category.
- Develop a strategy for gaining more likes (the right way). Avoid zombie followers.
- Boost engagement with your fans (with a strong content and social strategy).
- Encourage check-ins. They matter.
- Start using Nearby (now named "Local Search" in iOS), and educate customers about how to use it. Remember, it's present in every Facebook app and can help your business build more power Graph Search-wise.
Local Graph Search – Start Now, Benefit Later
Hopefully this post helped you gain a solid understanding of the local ranking factors for Facebook Graph Search. Again, Facebook is still in the process of rolling out Graph Search to its 1 billion+ active user base, so now is the time to get your Page and social strategy in order. Review the factors listed above and determine how you can strengthen your local rankings in Graph Search.
Nobody knows how popular Graph Search will become, but it's hard to ignore a social network the size of Facebook. In my opinion, there's a narrow window of opportunity for local businesses to get their Graph Search situation in order. Jump through that window, and fast. Good luck!
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First public release of AnySQL Maestro
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- powerful database object management: the application includes a number of handy wizards and editors, database explorer allowing you to perform all necessary operations upon databases and their objects (creating new database objects, editing existing ones as well as duplicating and renaming objects);
- user-friendly interface: easy-to-use GUI provided by AnySQL Maestro will make your database management and administration easy and efficient; the tabbed interface is implemented in addition to classic MDI; data can be viewed either as tables or as summary cards;
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- building and executing queries: AnySQL Maestro provides powerful tools which allow you either to edit query text directly with syntax highlighting and code completion or to build a query diagram visually selecting tables and fields, setting links between tables and so on;
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Presidents have made racist gestures throughout US history
Trump's recent attacks on black lawmakers are far from unprecedented
AP — When US President Donald Trump drew widespread condemnation for describing a majority-black congressional district as a "rat and rodent infested mess" and for tweets targeting four Democratic congresswomen of color, it was not the first time a US president attracted such attention.
Throughout American history, presidents have uttered comments, issued decisions and made public and private moves that critics said were racist, either at the time or in later generations. The presidents did so both before taking office and during their time in the White House.
Many of the early presidents, George Washington to Zachary Taylor, owned black slaves and held power when African Americans, Native Americans and Latinos did not have the right to vote or serve on juries and could be refused service in public accommodations. They often repeated racist views that were commonly held in their times, even when challenged by scholars or civil rights leaders.
Before he became the nation's third president, Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that "all men are created equal." But in his only book, "Notes on the State of Virginia," published in 1785, the future president expressed a series of beliefs about African Americans that would be seen today as racist.
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He wrote that blacks were cursed with "a very strong and disagreeable odor" and were incapable of producing art and poetry. And though he said he believed slavery was immoral, he owned slaves and, historians say, carried on a sexual relationship with at least one of them, Sally Hemings. If every black slave were ever freed, he wrote, they should be deported since he believed blacks and whites could not live together peacefully.
Andrew Jackson, the nation's seventh president, was also a slaveholder from the South. Before he became president, he offered in an 1804 advertisement $50 for the return of a runaway slave and $10 extra "for every hundred lashes any person will give him, to the amount of 300." In Jon Meacham's 2008 book "American Lion: Andrew Jackson and the White House," Meacham wrote that Jackson owned around 150 slaves and freed none of them in his will.
As president, Jackson allowed his postmaster general to let Southerners seize anti-slavery publications, in direct violation of the First Amendment. He called the abolitionist pamphlets urging black equality "unconstitutional and wicked."
Jackson is widely vilified today among Native Americans for his role in forcibly removing indigenous people from their land, especially for the Trail of Tears. The removal of the Cherokee people from Georgia led to thousands of deaths.
"The philanthropist will rejoice that the remnant of that ill-fated race has been at length placed beyond the reach of injury or oppression," Jackson said in his farewell address.
The Virginia-born Woodrow Wilson worked to keep blacks out of Princeton University while serving as that school's president. When he became president of the US, the Democrat refused to reverse the segregation of civil service, though he had won the White House with the support of some African American men.
In 1915, Wilson sparked outrage by screening the racist film "The Birth of a Nation" at the White House. The silent movie was the retelling of Reconstruction through the eyes of the Ku Klux Klan. The movie portrayed the KKK as heroes and African Americans as uncivilized.
"No explanation or apology followed" after the screening, Patty O'Toole wrote in "The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made."
Wilson appeared oblivious during the "Red Summer" of 1919 — a time when communities across the country saw white mobs attack African Americans, resulting in hundreds of deaths. He spoke out against lynching but did not use the federal government's resources to stop the violence.
Democrat Lyndon Johnson assumed the presidency in 1963 after the assassination of John F. Kennedy and sought to push a civil rights bill amid demonstrations by African Americans. Johnson famously convinced skeptical lawmakers to support the measure and gave a passionate speech about his days as a teacher in Mexican American schools to urge Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act.
But according to tapes of his private conversations, Johnson routinely used racist epithets to describe African Americans and some blacks he appointed to key positions.
His successor, Republican Richard Nixon, also regularly used racist epithets while in office in private conversations.
"We're going to (place) more of these little Negro bastards on the welfare rolls at $2,400 a family," Nixon once said about what he saw as lax work requirements. Nixon also made derogatory remarks about Jews, Mexican Americans, Italian Americans and Irish Americans.
As with Johnson, many of Nixon's remarks were unknown to the general public until tapes of White House conversations were released decades later.
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text: Transport | 25. January 2010 | posted by Jan Oliver Löfken Will we be driving only electric cars in twenty years' time? The first, purely electrically-driven compact and sports cars are already on the market, but they are much more expensive than their classic diesel or petrol engine counterparts and have a range of no more than 100 kilometres. Only light, high-performance and cheap lithium-ion batteries will help electric cars achieve a breakthrough. Will such electricity storage devices reach production standard in the near future? A million electric cars could be driving on German roads by 2020, optimists say. To begin with, the aim is for electric vehicles to establish themselves against petrol-driven models in city traffic. "For that, we need electricity generated from renewable sources and new vehicle concepts," says Prof. Dr Horst E. Friedrich, Head of the DLR Institute of Vehicle Concepts in Stuttgart. Cheap batteries with greater power This cannot be done with batteries which still cost at least 10,000 Euros for a Golf-class vehicle. This is why battery manufacturers around the world are pursuing the same objective – greater power from lighter and cheaper batteries. The current undisputed market leader is the Japanese company Panasonic, whose batteries are driving hundreds of thousands of hybrid cars. European industry is aiming to catch up. Companies such as BASF, Bosch, Evonik, Li-Tec and VW are preparing for the billion-Euro market in electric vehicles through cooperative ventures. Up to 30 percent more power with nanotechnology and iron phosphate The state-of-the-art battery cathode (the positive pole) consists of a one-third mix of metal oxides. It is composed of cobalt, manganese, aluminium or nickel oxide, each coupled with lithium, the source of ions. "But we don't yet know who will build the best batteries in future," says battery expert Andreas Jossen from the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW) in Ulm. In addition to many nanostructured materials, lithium iron phosphate looks very promising. It offers a high level of protection against short circuits when used as the battery cathode. Iron phosphate is also significantly cheaper than the cobalt compounds in widespread use today. The negative pole of the lithium-ion battery can also be improved. Today, the battery anode mostly consists of graphite. A battery with an anode consisting of tiny silicon nanowires could deliver at least 30 percent more electricity. The team of materials researcher Helmut Föll from Kiel University recently demonstrated the production of such nanostructures using a fast and cheap process. Initial tests confirm the potential increase in power, although it might still be a few years before this patented technology is ready for production. "Such progress will increase the energy density of lithium-ion batteries. I anticipate an energy density of 300 watt-hours per kilogram in the next few years," says Friedrich. At present, the best batteries measure up to 200 watt-hours per kilogram. Internal combustion engine still has potential Petrol-driven vehicles will not disappear from our roads in the coming decades either. However, because of high oil prices and growing competition from electric vehicles, it is set to become more refined. Thanks to lightweight construction, improved combustion processes and exhaust treatment methods for petrol and diesel engines, there will not just be small numbers of cars with good fuel economy but whole fleets with consumption values of three litres and less per 100 kilometres. In twenty years' time, we are likely to see both vehicles with internal combustion engines and electric cars on our roads. The DLR energy question of the week in 'The future of energy' Year of Science The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has given the Year of Science 2010 the motto 'The future of energy'. For this reason the science journalist Jan Oliver Löfken will this year answer a question on the subject of energy in his blog each week. Do you have a question about how our energy supply might look in the future? Or do you want to know, for example, how a wave power plant works and how it can efficiently generate electricity? Then send us your question by email. Science journalist Jan Oliver Löfken will investigate the answers and publish them each week in this blog.


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So I'm a superfan…
Dear LTTers,
I mentioned yesterday that I'm going to be 2nd-hand embarrassing you all today (Saturday) in Philadelphia for the MovieFone Twilight Night featuring Jackson Rathbone & some wolf (his name is Bronson- is he the one that says "Burn?") I can't really talk about what I DO know (which isn't much) but I am allowed to tell you this, which I promise will be the most embarassing thing you'll ever hear me say:
I am the Twilight SUPERFAN
of the Philly event.
Ever since I heard about it I've been having nightmares about what MIGHT happen. I mean, are they going to CALL me a "SUPERFAN" in PUBLIC? Do I have to yell out which Team I'm on immediately after they say I am the biggest fan of all time? What if I accidentally say "TEAM BIG DADDY?" Since I really have no idea what this event is gonna be like, I came up with some potential things I could see moviefone, in conjunction with Summit, wanting their SUPERFAN to perform:
- Participate in a Face off with a 12 year old- WHO IS THE BIGGEST FAN where I want to win, because of COURSE I'm a bigger fan than she is, but also don't want to because the prize is a Jacob Black doll. And they want the winner to make out with it.
- SUPERFAN Twilight Trivia- What if I know all the answers? Should I pretend I'm stumped by a few so I don't look like a major dork?
- What if they force a Burger King crown on my head? Will I ever live that down while my friends look on? And more importantly, will Big Daddy even want to meet me after he hears I supported the BK?
- What if there's a tshirt making contest. Once they see me hold a puffy paint stick, I know they'll quickly give the artsy part to a 15 year old, but what if I have to MODEL all the entries? Walk down a stage, strutting my SUPERFAN self while I wear a white Hanes T that says "TEAM PATTESTON?"
- What if they make me prank call Rob Pattinson, asking him what his "farts" are on the movie Eclipse
- What if I have to talk to Jackson & he asks me what my favorite 100 Monkey's song is ?
- Will they bring this girl on stage assuming we'd be bff's? And present her as a gift? Can I laugh?
- What if I have to sing a 100 Monkeys song without crying?
- Will I have to say 5 facts about Bronson Pelletier or else they throw a sippie cup full of blood on me?
- What if they pull 3 dark-skinned guys on stage and make me pick out which one Bronson is?
Don't worry- I won't be sporting a SINGLE Twilight accessory or piece of Twilight clothing- well, I will have my Forks, WA rape whistle that @brookelockart gave me as a moving gift last week since I moved near the ghetto. And the ONLY way that's coming out of my purse is if I get so nervous before hand that I run to the closest bar (like 12 feet from the event) and down a couple shots. Then we might hear my whistle blowing while I yell, "I'M YOUR SUPERFAN BITCHES" and flash all the poor 13 year olds, just there to find out who the hell Bronson Pelletier is and what he has to do with Twilight.
Make sure you follow us on Twitter as I'll try to tweet from the Wolf, Vampire, SUPERFAN limbo line, or something
Doing my best to not 2nd-hand embarrass anyone,
After the jump, our LTT_LTR store SUMMER COLLECTION is here!
Our amazing Tshirt designer, snowwhitedrifted, emailed us yesterday calling this our "Summer Collection." I WANT THEM ALL!
These will be available (minus the crazy twi-hard- she slipped her way in there (TWSS)) SOON (if not already) in our LTT_LTR Store!
Our internet game is ridiculous: LTR, The Forum, Twitter, The Store


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The Phoenix - 1972 Chevrolet C10
This Truck Went From Smashed to High-Class
Way back in 2003, this 1972 Chevrolet was just a work truck treated without any love. After receiving a light makeover that saw completion in mid-2004, the truck was sitting on the street minding its own business when disaster reared its ugly head. Apparently, a commercial truck driver who wasn't paying attention managed to slam his 12-ton dump truck into the poor C10, wiping out the whole left side off the truck. With an insurance check in hand, the truck was inspired like a Phoenix to rise from its destruction.
Although the C10 was originally fit with trailing arms, the truck was back-halved with the frame from a Blazer, effectively converting the coil sprung rear to leaf springs. Four inches of drop up front is achieved through spindles and coils with the same amount of lowering achieved in the rear through hangers and shackles. A 3.08-geared 12-bolt hangs under the fully smoothed and painted frame. Desiring a powerful cruiser, a GM Performance Parts ZZ383 was reworked with Edelbrock RPM heads, a larger camshaft, and a Demon 750 carburetor. Breathing through Sanderson headers and a Flowmaster exhaust, the mighty small-block now rumbles with 425 hp. Power is fed to the rear thanks to a Turbo 350 3-speed auto. Michelin tires envelope classy 17- and 18-inch Budnik Fontana wheels.
A fair amount of work went in to rebuilding the truck's exterior metal thanks to the beating it took. Both front fenders were shaved of their marker lights and a straight 1969 cab was located and fit with new rockers and a partial floor before having the firewall smoothed of all its openings. The doors were modified for one-piece side glass. A new fleetside bed was supplied by Classic Industries and loaded with an oak floor and polished stainless bed strips. The stake pockets were welded shut, marker lights nixed, and a roll pan found a new home in place of the rear bumper. All that fresh skin was hidden under the vibrant House of Kolor True Blue and Orion Silver laid down by L&G Enterprises. The interior of the truck is where it's at with a custom aluminum and 'glass dash built to mimic the '60s Corvettes. Filled with Auto Meter gauges and dark Burlwood panels, it screams hot rod. Modified Honda Accord seats were slathered in Mercedes leather matching the one-off door panels, headliner, and Mercedes carpet. Sound emanates from a complete surround-sound stereo system with multiple hidden speakers throughout the cabin. Subwoofers and amplifiers are mounted in a leather-wrapped custom rear wall. Resembling the interior of a much nicer vehicle, the interior is a place any of us would love to call our own
With the cost to build figure coming in at an astronomical $100,000 it's easy to get lost in all the little details we could not go into here. Pour over the pictures for a little inspiration on your next classic truck project. Maybe there is something there for you.
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